Food Safety Knowledge, Attitude And Food Handling Practices Of Household Women In Lahore
By: Raana Khokhar (2014-VA-232) | Dr. Naureen Naeem.
Contributor(s): Dr. Sana Ullah Iqbal | Dr. Mamoona Chaudhary.
Material type: BookPublisher: 2016Description: 139p.Subject(s): Department of Food Safety and ControlDDC classification: 2572-T Dissertation note: Considerable proportions of foodborne illnesses arise from mal practices in domestic kitchens. Such as serving contaminated raw food, insufficient cooking, re-heating of leftovers, and poor hygiene practices. There are no food safety regulations for domestic kitchens hence, household women as primary food preparers are to ensure food safety hygiene practices at home. The present study was an attempt to assess food safety KAP of Household Women in Lahore to understand its status in households, as there is no previous study in this field in Pakistan. A sample of 1000 household women from 10 Towns of Lahore was collected. Simple Random Sampling was used to select Union Councils within Towns and Convenient Sampling for selection of Household Women. A KAP survey study was conducted using a closed-ended questionnaire to assess status of Food Safety awareness among Household Women. A variable file was created on SPSS version 20. Descriptive statistics was used to calculate mean and percentages of responses and overall KAP mean percentage scores. Chi-Square test was used to study significant association between KAP scores and education levels, and also to study association between knowledge & attitude, knowledge & practice and attitude & practice. Mean & standard deviation scores for overall knowledge of household women was 34.24 ± 4.210 which showed negative food safety knowledge among majority of the household women. Overall attitude was 32.47 ± 3.141 which showed negative attitude among majority of the household women in Lahore towards food safety awareness and overall practice was 26.60 ± 3.977 which showed unhygienic food handling practices among majority of the household women. Significant difference was observed between education and KAP scores & attitude and practice of household women. Data obtained served as baseline knowledge and information for emphasis on continuous improvement on the knowledge of household women. Household food preparers probably have misinformation or misunderstandings about food safety and are certainly engaged in culturally focused stereotypical food handling practices. Food preparers at domestic level need to realize that their current food safety practices jeopardize the health of their household members as well as the community. The inclination to alter behavior was certainly influenced by their attitude as per the results of this study. Henceforth, household women should commit and expose themselves to attaining the prerequisite knowledge and sources of information needed in reducing the probability of potential risks that will eventually lead to progressive food safety culture development in Pakistan. It is thus concluded that there is a need for surveillance and interventions at domestic level with professional assistance for household women regarding food safety issues and its awareness in the state. Food safety educational programs through formal and informal education and mass media must be advertised and repeated at specific intervals for consumers at all ages. Health & educational institutions can communicate and provide short training courses to consumers of all ages, especially beginning at school since education has a bigger impact on food safety KAP in the current study.Union council wise educational intervention programs/trainings can be introduced. They need to be informed about the basic principles of food safety at home such as using the Five Keys to Safer Food Manual as food safety starts and ends with frequent behaviors of consumers.Efforts in making flyers and other advertising materials at market level is advised such as pictorial flyers. This study concludes that there is a need for additional research for the possible risks household women at home could pose to human health in regards to food safety, since it is widely acceptable that household women as the primary food preparers at home are the ultimate route of protection against foodborne illness and thus in ensuring food safety at home.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Thesis | UVAS Library Thesis Section | Veterinary Science | 2572-T (Browse shelf) | Available | 2572-T |
Considerable proportions of foodborne illnesses arise from mal practices in domestic kitchens. Such as serving contaminated raw food, insufficient cooking, re-heating of leftovers, and poor hygiene practices. There are no food safety regulations for domestic kitchens hence, household women as primary food preparers are to ensure food safety hygiene practices at home. The present study was an attempt to assess food safety KAP of Household Women in Lahore to understand its status in households, as there is no previous study in this field in Pakistan. A sample of 1000 household women from 10 Towns of Lahore was collected. Simple Random Sampling was used to select Union Councils within Towns and Convenient Sampling for selection of Household Women. A KAP survey study was conducted using a closed-ended questionnaire to assess status of Food Safety awareness among Household Women. A variable file was created on SPSS version 20. Descriptive statistics was used to calculate mean and percentages of responses and overall KAP mean percentage scores. Chi-Square test was used to study significant association between KAP scores and education levels, and also to study association between knowledge & attitude, knowledge & practice and attitude & practice. Mean & standard deviation scores for overall knowledge of household women was 34.24 ± 4.210 which showed negative food safety knowledge among majority of the household women. Overall attitude was 32.47 ± 3.141 which showed negative attitude among majority of the household women in Lahore towards food safety awareness and overall practice was 26.60 ± 3.977 which showed unhygienic food handling practices among majority of the household women. Significant difference was observed between education and KAP scores & attitude and practice of household women. Data obtained served as baseline knowledge and information for emphasis on continuous improvement on the knowledge of household women. Household food preparers probably have misinformation or misunderstandings about food safety and are certainly engaged in culturally focused stereotypical food handling practices. Food preparers at domestic level need to realize that their current food safety practices jeopardize the health of their household members as well as the community. The inclination to alter behavior was certainly influenced by their attitude as per the results of this study. Henceforth, household women should commit and expose themselves to attaining the prerequisite knowledge and sources of information needed in reducing the probability of potential risks that will eventually lead to progressive food safety culture development in Pakistan. It is thus concluded that there is a need for surveillance and interventions at domestic level with professional assistance for household women regarding food safety issues and its awareness in the state. Food safety educational programs through formal and informal education and mass media must be advertised and repeated at specific intervals for consumers at all ages. Health & educational institutions can communicate and provide short training courses to consumers of all ages, especially beginning at school since education has a bigger impact on food safety KAP in the current study.Union council wise educational intervention programs/trainings can be introduced. They need to be informed about the basic principles of food safety at home such as using the Five Keys to Safer Food Manual as food safety starts and ends with frequent behaviors of consumers.Efforts in making flyers and other advertising materials at market level is advised such as pictorial flyers. This study concludes that there is a need for additional research for the possible risks household women at home could pose to human health in regards to food safety, since it is widely acceptable that household women as the primary food preparers at home are the ultimate route of protection against foodborne illness and thus in ensuring food safety at home.
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